A Song to Ruin is Million Dead's debut full-length album. It was released in 2003 through Xtra Mile Recordings/Integrity Records.

Critical reception

BBC Music called the album "essential listening for anyone with an ear for uncompromising, politicised rock sounds." musicOMH called it "heady punk rock, some of it fairly standard, much of it anything but; lyrics that could start a plethora of post-pub debates; and, all in all, a fine debut album."

A Song to Ruin

Track listing

All words and music by Million Dead

"Pornography for Cowards" – 2:01

"Breaking the Back" – 3:12

"I Am the Party" – 2:56

"Charlie + the Propaganda Myth Machine" – 3:25

"A Song to Ruin" – 5:47

"Smiling at Strangers on Trains" – 2:55

"MacGyver" – 3:28

"Relentless” – 4:03

"The Kids Are Going to Love It" – 2:47

"The Rise and Fall" – 14:03

“Gnostic Front” – 3:55 (Japanese bonus track) “Reformulating the Challenge to Archism” – 3:56 (Japanese bonus track)

A Song to Ruin

Deluxe edition track listing

All words and music by Million Dead

"Gnostic Front" – 3:55

"I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder" – 3:10

"Medicine" – 4:10

"Tonight Matthew" – 3:05

"Asthma" – 4:47

Personnel

Frank Turner – Vocals

Ben Dawson – Drums, Bass on 'Asthma'

Cameron Dean – Guitar

Julia Ruzicka – Bass

Joe Gibb – Production, mastering

Alwyn Davies – Engineering

Andrew Charnik – Engineering

Kees Van Der Wiele – Photography

References

Million Dead albums

2003 debut albums

A Song to Ruin